On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Steve Hay <[email protected]> wrote:

> >  # Okay, this is the brute-force method of finding out what kind of
> > @@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ my %OSTYPES = qw(
> >                dynixptx  Unix
> >                freebsd   Unix
> >                linux     Unix
> > -              haiku     Unix
> >                hpux      Unix
> >                irix      Unix
> >                darwin    Unix
>
> This patch reverts the latest changes that have been made in blead,
> namely:
>
> http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/df00ff3beeb297b9622f8acbed9c80
> d320c87580<http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/df00ff3beeb297b9622f8acbed9c80d320c87580>
> http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/e5c8c22050be81fb2e880f0c7a2fcb
> e5496ab5d7<http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/e5c8c22050be81fb2e880f0c7a2fcbe5496ab5d7>
>

I think the "problem" is that porters are patching M::B in blead instead of
in the M::B upstream repository, so as M::B development moves forward, the
two sources drift out of sync.  The "haiku" line does not appear in the
current M::B trunk (which happens to be the same as the 0.31 release).

My understanding is that there is discussion of moving more and more modules
to a "dual-life" state and so this kind of coordination will need to
improve.

In this case, I'll see about committing the change into the M::B repository
and prepping for an 0.3101 release and nudging Ken to kick it out the door.

Going forward, I would suggest that changes be made upstream to M::B and
then either a release with the changes should be pulled into blead -- or,
worst case, the M::B trunk should be pulled into blead if something can't
wait for a new M::B release.

-- David

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